Activate 2 skins alternately on MouseOver

[rayman13579]

Hello,

this is pretty long, so there's a TL;DR in the end if you're interested.

I have 2 skins. The first one Activates the other one on MouseOver, here they are:
The first one

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[MHO]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Icons\mho.png
X=-12
Y=-3
W=100
H=100
LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Program Files\TencentGame\Monster Hunter Online\TCLS\client.exe"]
MouseOverAction=[!ActivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho.ini"][!Hide "BOTW"]
MouseLeaveAction=[!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho.ini"]

and the one getting activated

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[Rainmeter]
OnRefreshAction=!ZPos "-2"

[Wallpaper]
Meter = Image
W=#SCREENAREAWIDTH#
H=#SCREENAREAHEIGHT#
ImageName = mho.jpg
MouseOverAction=[!Show "BOTW"]

As you can see if I hover over the first skin an image will be shown. Now I want that if I hover over the first skin the second skin should activate, but if I hover over it a 2nd time a 3rd skin should activate (basically just another image, if it would be easier). On the 3rd hover however it should show the first image again, and so on.

I already tried this:

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[MHO]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Icons\mho.png
X=-12
Y=-3
W=100
H=100
LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Program Files\TencentGame\Monster Hunter Online\TCLS\client.exe"]
MouseOverAction=[!SetVariable Number "1"][!Update MeasureNumber]
MouseLeaveAction=[!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"][!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho2.ini"]

[Variables]
Number=0

[MeasureNumber]
Measure=Calc
Formula=#Number#
IfCondition=(MeasureNumber=1)
IfTrueAction=[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"][!SetVariable Number "2"]
IfCondition2=(MeasureNumber=2)
IfTrueAction2=[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho2.ini"][!SetVariable Number "1"]

and this

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[STEAM]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#@#Icons\mho.png
X=-12
Y=-3
W=100
H=100
LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Program Files\TencentGame\Monster Hunter Online\TCLS\client.exe"]
MouseOverAction=[!ActivateConfig "[MeasureWallpaper]"]
MouseLeaveAction=[!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"][!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho2.ini"]

[MeasureWallpaper]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=QuotePlugin
PathName=["Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers\"]
FileFilter=*.ini

and both aren't working. Btw I'm using skins instead of wallpapers because I have a WallpaperEngine wallpaper and I can't see the images if they are wallpapers.

TL;DR I want a skin to activate two other skins alternately when it is hovered.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or do it for me?
Thank you ^^

[balala]

Your first approach is almost good, having just a few small problems:

• Remove the MouseOverAction option of the [MHO] meter (we'll set immediately this option dynamically, through !SetOption bangs).
• Replace the MouseLeaveAction option of the [MHO] meter with the following one: MouseLeaveAction=[!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers"][!SetVariable Number "(1-#Number#)"] (also see below a detail concerned to the !DeactivateConfig bang). This way, each time you're leaving the meter, the value of the variable will change. These newly set values will be used immediately.
• Now replace the [MeasureNumber] measure with the following one:

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  [MeasureNumber]
  Measure=Calc
  Formula=#Number#
  IfCondition=(MeasureNumber=0)
  IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MHO MouseOverAction """[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"]"""][!UpdateMeter "MHO"]
  IfCondition2=(MeasureNumber=1)
  IfTrueAction2=[!SetOption MHO MouseOverAction """[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho2.ini"]"""][!UpdateMeter "MHO"]
  DynamicVariables=1

  This measure will set dynamically the appropriate MouseOverAction option to the [MHO] meter, depending on the value of the Number variable.

Here just note that in your posted code, you've forgot to add the DynamicVariables=1 option to this measure, although you've used a dynamically set variable on the measure. It couldn't even work, without this option.
Also take care that contrary to the !ActivateConfig bang, the !DeactivateConfig doesn't need a File parameter. Eg the [!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" [color=#FF0000]"mho1.ini"[/color]] bang correctly would be [!DeactivateConfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers"]. It doesn't need the File parameter, because !DeactivateConfig always unloads the loaded file of the appropriate config, so you don't have to tell it which file should it deactivate. Definitely works even if you add the File parameter, too, but it doesn't need this parameter.

[rayman13579]

Thank you, it's working perfectly now.

But why does the

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IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MHO MouseOverAction """[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"]"""][!UpdateMeter "MHO"]

need 3 quotationmarks?

[jsmorley]

Thank you, it's working perfectly now.

But why does the

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IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MHO MouseOverAction """[!Activateconfig "Honeycomb\mho\Wallpapers" "mho1.ini"]"""][!UpdateMeter "MHO"]

need 3 quotationmarks?

Because it has quotes embedded in a parameter of the bang. You need the "quotes" around the parameter to deal with the spaces in the parameter, but the embedded quotes would confuse the hell out of it. Using Magic Quotes allows you to deal with this.